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PAPER FILE.

Patented Mar. 4, 1884.

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LUTHER A. MOCQRD, OF CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

PAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,651, dated March 4,1884.

Application filed August 1, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUTHER A; MoCoRD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Olinton, in the county of Laurens and State of SouthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPaper-Files; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention hasfor its object to provide a cheap and simple meanswhereby papers or letters may be filed and conveniently kept together.It is more especially adapted for use in stores, so as to preventcounters from becoming lumbered up'with scrap-paper, and is designed tohold such papers adjacent to the counter, so as to be within easy reachof the attendant for use. This object I accomplish by the means shownand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aface view of the central section of the bracket; and Figs. 2 and'3 arerespectively views of the outer sections of the same. Fig. 4 is a Viewof one of the springs for holding the barbed drum, and Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the drum.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A indicates a sectionof the bracket, which I will term the center section when all thesections are used. This section is shown as being of T shape in outline;but it may be made of any other suitable form, and provided with the eyeM, by which it may be secured to a counter. This bracket is providedwith a horizontal tubular portion, a, which is divided in its center bya partition, B, and open atopposite ends, as shown at F P, to receivethe spiral spring R, carrying a disk, E, to press against each head ofthe roller or drum I, which has its bearings atv G in the said openportion of the tube and at G in the tube of one of the lateral brackets.

A indicates the lateral brackets, which are provided with aneye similarto that of the center bracket. These brackets are provided withhorizontal tubes similar to the single tube of the center bracket, andare open, respectively, as shown at F and closed at G D. The drum orroller I is provided with barbs or prongs H, for holding the papers, anda (No model.)

| longitudinal bar, J, for retaining the papers upon the prongs. \Vhenthe central bracket is used, there must, of course, be two prongedrollers, and one end of each roller placed, re spectively, in the openends of the tube and theopposite end of the respective rollers placed inthe open ends of the lateral tubes. Thus, when the springs R areplacedin the respective tubes, with their disk-heads E engaging the heads ofthe rollers, the bracket sections, having been placed a suitable distance apart, will keep the roller firmly secured, and at the same timegive sufficient spring to the rollers. WVhen it is found de sirable touse but one roller, the central bracket may be removed and the lateralbrackets brought together sufficiently close to allow the insertion ofthe roller in the open ends of the tubes when the spiral springs havebeen placed in their respective tubes. I do not, however, wish to beunderstood as confining myself to the use of the three brackets, as moreor less may be used, according to the number of rollers desired. Thewire J is secured to the drum I at relative right angles to the pins Hsaid roller or drum, parallel thereto, so that the short arms L L of thewire may engage the ing.

H, and extends nearly the'entire length of the notches e in the open endof each tubular bear- 1 Any number of notches may be used, so that theroller may be held in any desired position with relation to the bracket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a paper-file, the combination, with a sectional bracket providedwith tubular bear ings, ofaspring-roller having pins for hold- .ingpaper, substantially as specified.

2. In a paper-file, the combination, with the sectional bracket havingtubular bearings provided with notches, of the roller having pins, and awire for holding the paper, and the springs adapted to be inserted inthe tubes, being provided with disk-heads to engage the ends of theroller, substantially as set forth.

LUTHER A. MCCORD.

\Vitnesses:

J. M. HAMPTON, .T. A. BAILEY.

